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Another bad science moment that made me cringe was when they tried to explain how a couple of dots on a cave wall is actually a map to a specific point in the galaxy. Like, seriously? It was just a couple of dots on a cave wall. That's totally impossible. Why didn't they just say something like, "There is a very large mathematical number found in all of these ancient cave paintings, and there happens to be exactly one solar system at that light year distance from our own sun." That would seem at least remotely plausible to me, whereas, "These dots are a star map" seems absurdly ridiculous. It feels like they didn't consult any scientists at all when making the movie, which is really unfortunate.
Haven't seen Prometheus yet, but likely will very soon. Saw MiB3. Better than 2 -- and Will Smith actually looked like he wanted to be in this one, unlike 2 -- but still fails to capture the surprise "Will Smith being himself and Tommy Lee Jones being himself" chemistry from the first. Kinda bleh.
Prometheus was not-quite-but-really-close-to-being-total garbage. Gonna make a blog post about it in the coming days and then shamelessly plug it here. Watch Superman vs. The Elite instead, which is flawed but almost infinitely superior.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is the best movie I have seen this year, and perhaps the best movie I have ever seen. Historically accurate and laugh out loud funny, 10/10
Sorta predictable. Felt a bit....dated just in style and presentation. The plot is...convoluted, but it didn't bother me. That said it's still a fun story and enjoyable movie. The acting is decent and the plot was "fun". By no means the perfect movie but I really enjoyed it.
I'm not Eji but I have a similar opinion. It was a reasonably fun heist/crime movie with one OMGTWIST at the end. For some the OMGTWIST is what makes the movie, but for me it's still just a reasonably fun movie. I think the movie had to make some sacrifices in terms of narrative structure and characterization just to have the OMGTWIST. This makes the movie more clever than emotionally involving (at least to me). I saw Jeff, Who Lives At Home last night. This, along with Cyrus (also by the Duplass brothers), is sort of my intro into the "mumblecore" movement of cinema. It's not straight mumblecore (the actors are too good, ha), but the films definitely feel different from typical American cinema. In general, I was impressed by how both movies started with pathetic and obnoxious characters, then developed them to the point where they were actually likeable and "real." You feel like these guys that were borderline cartoon characters at the beginning are now human, which is an impressive feat. Reading this thread, it seems that there's not much of a market here for the quirky indie comedies (I sadfaced at one star for Little Miss Sunshine). So I don't know how much I'd recommend it to people here, who seem to go for the more cerebral mindfuck stuff and/or action movies. I'll second the recommendation on the first page for Mind Game, though. I'd say it's probably the best anime I've seen (and I've seen a lot).
I just stumbled upon this on Hulu the other day: The Man from Nowhere http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527788/ Was a very enjoyable action movie in the style of Bourne or Taken with a pretty solid plot and great locale (at least to me). Though the translation isn't AAA, it's good enough to not detract from watching it. Probably has some of the most visceral fight scenes I've seen since Eastern Promises. At the same time I really enjoyed the story as well. It's always a little hard to tell in translations, but I thought they did a good job of getting personality into all of the characters and even the cliche ones still came off as enjoyable characters. It's not a super deep movie or anything, but the characters still felt interesting more so than what you see from Hollywood most of the time. Even some of the bad guys felt interesting and varied in how they did things. Plus not every detail is explained to death. ------ One thing about Usual Suspects is it is dated now a bit I suppose. I feel like the twist and other aspects of the story have been borrowed by some newer films which makes it feel less unique now. Still a fun heist movie though. I like quirky indie comedies, just don't get to see a lot of them. In Little Miss Sunshine I think I laughed non-stop from the moment the horn goes to when they finally stop the car at the pageant.
Don't lump the rest of us in with infernovia's insane reviews... the market around here in general is fine. I guess my personal opinion is just that in the last few years I've had less and less time to commit to watching films, and comedies tend to be the genre that I give up as a result. I've found that a sufficiently good movie of any type throws in good laughs. But the average comedy kind of sacrifices itself to a ludicrous plot to fit in a few extra funny moments. That and I tend to watch movies alone, which lends itself more to the internal thinking than the communal laughing aspects. If anime's back on subject, I've been watching Mirai Nikki ("Future Diary") recently. I haven't gotten this caught up in an anime for years. Most anime shows really have an issue with moving way too slowly, and the story doesn't actually justify all the episodes they produce. This one is quite the opposite, not on the level confusing, but always keeps things moving, such that you sort of have to connect the dots between each episode. And just good pacing, maybe at final analysis I'll decide I've overestimated it, but they really mastered the cliffhanger end to every single episode, I just can't stop pushing through it. It does have a few problems with completely ludicrous scenes (my favorite is an extended sequence about preventing a group of 20+ evil dogs from getting inside a greenhouse by the 3 characters inside running around and pushing outwards on the glass... I can forgive them for just sacrificing realism for some more stylistic animation, though). Also be warned it's crazy dark... like maybe on the level of Higurashi once it gets going.
Re: The Usual Suspects: thanks for elaborating on the criticism. I felt the film was quite novel at the time, setting up the big twist in such a way that when it happens, it all makes sense. Soze's character, despite not being known as that for the majority of his screentime, was such a great menacing presence. Re: quirky indie comedies: The Fantastic Mr. Fox is my favorite both Wes Anderson and quirky indie comedy-esque film. Neither Anderson nor that genre has produced much that's compelled me. I watched The Royal Tenenbaums mostly with disgust, wondering why it was getting any praise at all; the humor felt so lacking of both joy and the dark family humor Anderson clearly aimed for. Little Miss Sunshine had some great performances and did the "messed up family" thing way better, though I still only really liked its absolutely fitting ending. Re: anime: anime sucks. That said, lately I've been obsessed with various Dragon Ball Z fights and other small clips, like Vegeta being a goofy dad shaving his mustache. Re: non-anime, non-movie: The Legend of Korra's first season came to a close beautifully and I highly recommend watching all 12 episodes.
The Royal Tenenbaums is amazing, I love that film. I wouldn't exactly call it hilarious... but the acting is spot-on, as is the imagery.
I suggest Ip Man if you liked Man From Nowhere. I also suggest Chaser, it's a lot slower, but it has nice camera work and is pretty violent. It takes a while for you to sink into it though, give it time. Since you watched Eastern Promises, I am assuming you are ok with that. Since Claytus pretty much called me out, I am not really for quirky indie stuff, but I am definitely not that into mindfucks which tend to be generally weak and lacking. Usually it's epics of one kind or another that I mostly go for. I do watch low budget stuff (although I never go out and actively try to find them), and if I find something interesting I will recommend them. I hope it's better than the manga, which was super convoluted for not much gain.
I agree that most anime sucks. But like most art forms, the top 10% is worth checking out. But that's not what this post is about. Here is the list you've all been waiting for: the quirky indie comedy tier list (my personal opinion, ofc). S: Garden State, High Fidelity, 50/50 A: Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Royal Tenenbaums, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Kids are Alright, Lost in Translation, In Bruges, Midnight in Paris (and the other obvious Woody Allen movies) B: (500) Days of Summer, Clerks, Sideways, Sunshine Cleaning, Cyrus, Jeff who Lives at Home, The Savages, Submarine, Junebug, Happy Go Lucky, About Schmidt, Dazed and Confused, Broken Flowers F: Who am I kidding I like everything in this genre I'm missing a lot here, obviously, but that's everything I can remember off the top of my head.
lol, I really didn't think you would classify High Fidelity or ESoSM as a quirky indie comedy. Definitely thought you were talking about stuff like Clerks or w/e.
Yeah classification is kind of tough sometimes (also 50/50 might be too mainstream). My rule was if I had to think about it for >5 seconds, it was in, ha.
Haven't read it, but it's probably identical. Definitely convoluted, but I wouldn't go so far as to say anything didn't make sense. It's mostly just carried on the strength of the characters anyway... and all they really even need is Gasai Yuno to make it compelling. *EDIT*: I decided to think a bit more about why I think that last sentence above is true, and I think I realized why, and realized it's kind of relevant to stuff we've discussed. I think the big success of Mirai Nikki is that Gasai Yuno is the unstoppable, heroic, force-of-nature character that you get in The Hulk, Tyler Durden, Dexter, etc... any number of others I could name. But with all of those before-mentioned characters, they're respective films/shows/whatever are sort of telling you that the character is "bad", but then you really end up cheering for them anyway, and just waiting for the awesome things they do. Mirai Nikki never falls into that trap, no matter how much it becomes understood that Yuno is the only one who can save the day, or great her action scenes are, you are never allowed to forget tha she is absolutely fruit-loops insane. So, when they create the tension of the main characters sitting around thinking "We need Yuno's help, but we can't ask because this cannot possibly end well if we do...", you're actually right there with them in terms of the tension and anxiety, instead of all those other examples were you secretly just wish the main characters would get out of the way and let the smashing commence. This movie is also amazing.
Ip Man is fantastic. That scene with the 10 bags of rice gives me goosebumps just thinking of it. I've lost track... Infernovia mentioned epics; did Metropolis get mentioned? The new footage adds a lot to the climax of the film, but the 2003 "Restored Authorized" version is really good if you don't want scenes in badly damaged 16mm inserted randomly through the movie. For quirky indie comedies, I submit The Taste of Tea (Cha no Aji). That movie treads pretty close to perfection, sometimes. However, there is close to zero plot, it just follows the characters around as they do stuff.
I'm going to second specs' recommendation for Avatar: Legend of Korra (thanks for letting me know it was out!). I thought sequels to mainstream works were supposed to be hard or something, but Korra is so good, it doesn't even look like it's trying.
Saw Ip Man, was interesting and I enjoyed it (especially the semi-historical nature of it). Was a little too patriotic though.
I'd agree that Avatar Legend of Korra is definitely different. Still the last two episode felt rushed. And the way main villain dies is rather anti-climactic manner. However all said, Legend of Korra is friggen awesome, I do like its fast pace, but a few (like 2-3 ) filler episodes that explain the setting would be awesome.
Yeah, the last 2 episodes were REALLY rushed, this series really should have gone for a full season. That'd at least give time to properly introduce all the new tech (the original avatar kinda did this), and tell the story of what happened to all the old guys.
Re: Korra. Saying here what I said on SRK about it: Also on the topic of Korra, the ending was absolutely suitable. Amon being a fraud, the ultimate resolution; everything jived with how the rest of the season progressed and the various themes established. Nothing felt rushed, to me anyway. Re: Movies in general. New goal in my ever-prevalent quest to become a screenwriter: watch 2 movies a week. Going to post random thoughts here, because Movies.
I think the biggest flaw with Korra's ending was the (black spoiler text!) Aang Ex Machina. I kind of thought that the problem was going to be something that Korra worked to overcome in the next season. The creators clearly wanted this to be self-contained, though, so had to cheat a bit. As a result it doesn't feel that Korra deserved to be the avatar in the same way Aang did. Funny that specs should start trying to watch a movie a week. I got roped into a "movie challenge" list on facebook (link), and ended up getting 71/100. Some of the movies in that list were my absolute favorites though, so I decided that I would just watch every movie on the list (about one a week). The main advantage of watching a list like this instead of a critic top 100 is that from the 71 movies I have seen, these seem to be actually entertaining (less Seven Samurai, more Amelie). I don't have any aspirations of becoming a critic, but I do enjoy reviews and might follow along with specs' initiative. The first I hadn't seen was American Beauty. I can't deny Kevin Spacey's performance. He's pretty much perfect, and probably deserved the Oscar. I think he sometimes comes across as a cynical, too-smart-for-you guy, but here his character feels very human and likeable. At the same time, Spacey's trademark deadpan delivery of his lines is as great as ever. Annette Bening is much less effective. I loved her in The Kids Are Alright, so it's kind of strange to see her flagrantly overacting here. Chris Cooper is great (what else is new?), but has a small and thankless role. The screenplay is witty and plays to Spacey's strengths, but is less compelling without him. To be honest, I think the movie has become kind of dated. Homosexuality, the death of the American Dream, and the moral decay of suburbia were already becoming less edgy when this was made. But the treatment of these themes seems almost basic today, and has been explored better in more recent films. Probably the movie was designed to be shocking when it came out. Marijuana! Gays! Marital troubles! by not being shocked by the relatively tame treatment of these, I think I miss out on much of the film's power. The result is an entertaining movie when Spacey is around, but a boring one without. As far as literary value goes, I think the familiar themes are more powerfully presented in a film like Revolutionary Road. American Beauty feels like a prototype.
Various thoughts- Watched Mind Game. Not a fan. It was....ok, but ultimately boring. While unique and in some ways very artistically well done, I can't say that makes it actually good, when I was bored with the fairly standard philosophical stuff going on, and the sorta meh "coincidences." I dunno. It just felt like it assumed it was going to be deep, so that gave it an excuse to not be interesting or well paced. On Mirai Nikki- the anime is actually slightly better than the manga(a few scenario changes so they're a little less wtf) but the plot is identical. I enjoyed it. As mentioned Yuno is sorta the penultimate example of her type of character. The complete embodiment of that specific style of crazy, and it's fun to watch. That said it's not great by any means, but you rarely get average TV shows that are. My best friend has watched like, more than half the anime that's come out in the past 6 years and shoots me stuff I should watch every now and again, and I have to say for all its silliness I did enjoy their commitment to darkness. Further the way i see it the ending's kinda brilliant. You can just stop watching/reading after a certain point and it's still a totally legit, albeit slightly different, ending which, if intentional, is kinda a neat way to appease everyone.
It's the right sentiment, but wrong action. If you want to be a film critic, watch a movie per day. If you are going to be a screenwriter write scripts.
I have been. For years. And reading them. And re-writing. And all that. What I haven't been doing enough of is actually watching movies.
Can I pick your brain about that more? I don't often run into articulate people who disliked it, but I know that there are legitimate reasons for disliking it. What was the "fairly standard philosophical stuff," was it the whole "live life to the fullest" thing? Also what are the coincidences you're talking about? Like the set-up at the beginning? I find it interesting that you don't even mention the humor. I saw it as trying to be funny more than it was trying to be deep, but maybe I'm missing something. It's pretty low-brow humor so I totally get if that turned you off, did it?
I absolutely disagree. If you want to be a screenwriter, you need to know what works and what doesn't. Watching as many movies as possible and trying to deconstruct them is probably the absolute best thing you can do (and watch as many bad movies as good movies... it's easier to learn what not to do). There's way too many crappy screenwriters out there turning out more crappy movies each year because they skipped this step. What? Seven Samurai is soooooo much more entertaining than Amelie. I will take the drama of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation affecting an entire town over a movie where *absolutely nothing happens* any day. Another film I absolutely love. I see what you're saying above, but I don't actually think it's as dated as you seem to think. If anything "marijuana" and "gays" have become increasingly more part of the forefront of our culture these days since the movie came out. And the economic fallout recently has taken "death of the American Dream" from a weird philosophical discussion to an actual literal truth. I think you're making the common mistake of saying the film doesn't resonate in general, just because it doesn't resonate with you, probably because you're not personally struggling with those issues.
Seven Samurai: I looked up the movie after your post, and realized that the actual running time is 2 hrs 21 minutes. I think the version I watched was some horrible director's cut thing (I think the running time was maybe 4 hours?). IIRC correctly the entire first hour could be summed up by the word "rice." Obviously this isn't even close to a fair shake, and I should probably rewatch it when I get to it on the list. That said, my "actually entertaining" comparison is the fact that critics, like you, seem to prefer drama over light-hearted fare (yeah there are definitely outliers, like Charlie Chaplin). Amelie is a movie that made me smile pretty much the entire time. I value that just as much as a heartfelt drama, even if most people don't. Furthermore, critics value historical contribution, whereas historical contribution has 0 effect on my personal entertainment. I would rather watch a movie that stole from an old movie, and was a more entertaining film, than the original old movie used as a template. Give me Flash Duel over En Garde any day. Re: Re: American Beauty. When I talked about "the death of the American Dream," what I really meant was people at a bad spot on the hedonic treadmill. After acquiring all this stuff, they ceased to be stimulated by even more stuff and were miserable, in spite of their house or car or whatever. IMO, the economic crisis actually makes this ennui less relevant. People who haven't worked in a year are getting jobs in cubicles. At the height of America's economic power in 1999, a cubicle job would have been derided as dehumanizing and whatever whatever. Nowadays, it's pretty awesome to just have a job at all. Maybe if they work it for 10 years, they can get the house or car they've always wanted. Ha. And yeah, I don't think it's controversial to say homosexuality is becoming more and more a part of our culture, and less some subversive thing that shocks us. Currently people are shocked that they want to marry and have kids; 10 years ago they were shocked by 2 men simply living together (like in American Beauty). Same with marijuana - people who smoke it just aren't demonized in the same way that they used to be. It's no longer even illegal to carry around small amounts in some states. That said, I fully acknowledge that someone who was shocked by American Beauty would have a much different experience. Notice the wording I used: by not being shocked by the film's relatively tame treatment, I think I miss out on a lot of the film's power. I do wonder who on this forum would find American Beauty truly shocking, though.
3 hours, 27 minutes is the proper running time. The original US release was cut to 2 hours, 21 minutes because it was thought US audiences couldn't handle it in it's entirety (which is probably true, it has a very japanese sensibility that doesn't necessarily translate well). I honestly don't think I've seen the longer version myself, though. *EDIT*: Maybe that's a lie, it's definitely always seemed like an unusually long film, I'm gonna have to look up which version I own sometime. Amelie is kind of a weird example, because I feel like when it actually first came out, I went to see it, and enjoyed it. And since then some friends were so taken by it that they all bought copies, and have forced me to sit through it a few more times. I honestly can't figure what's enjoyable about it anymore. She kind of jerks people around a lot for no good reason, but then the film pretends it's all okay by not showing you any actual fallout. And yeah.... nothing happens. I think there's more to this, particularly that there's almost 0 examples of one of the actual masterpieces of film being outdone by something later. I mean, I could probably name 10 films that copy from the plot of Seven Samurai, and they're all basically subpar (although often still quite good). It's a much more useful thing to talk about when the original film is not quite at that level. Like, I think Nolan's version of Insomnia might be better, and would take The Departed over Infernal Affairs. I guess this is my problem, I don't think it needed to be shocking. Like, I watched it a while ago, but not actually when it came out either. I'm not someone who finds drugs or anything else they bring up to be a big deal. The film's point was merely that someone people do. The actions of the neighbor's father at the end are totally relatable whether you personally have an issue with homosexuality or not. It's just a good film whether you happened to have a visceral reaction or not, you're not missing anything. Like, the entire attitude is just weird to me. Why do you have to analyze who the audience is. Who cares? You should like or dislike the film based on your own reaction to it. Not on whether some hypothetical person may or may not have reacted differently. Especially when you seem to admit that this particular hypothetical person may not even actually exist, which makes it pretty hard for the filmmakers to have been catering to them.
Where have you been all my life? Too bad you're already married. Although why Lost in Translation not S tier? I thought that movie was amazing. Brave was okay. Average for a Pixar movie. Which makes it above average to good in general then, I guess? Anyone else seen it?
Seen Brave. Basically my friend and I had nothing really to say about it, but considering no complaints, we took it as we liked it. They certainly hid the main conflict really well from the advertising, so it actually surprised me despite it playing out like a typical fairy tale. We also stuck around to the after credits joke. Edit- @american beauty, reminds me of reading an article of how Rent used to be very shocking, but now that the aids scare is gone, it doesn't have nowhere the same impact years later.
Yeah, Brave was odd. They really outdid themselves with the visuals this time, but there was poorer characterization than I would expect from Pixar and the predictable, "children's movie" moments were a bit gag-inducing. Rent certainly isn't as shocking anymore, no. Don't you think it still has plenty of impact though? It's still a pretty good melodrama.
Can't say too much on Rent, having not seen it myself, just remembering reading an article discussing how relevant it is now (somehow they thought the fact that Team America reduced it to a joke was a statement to how low it's gotten) compared to when it first came out, and all the awards it got then.
Amelie: I think it is a bad metric to rate movies according to how tedious they are after you watch them 8 times. If you really enjoy a movie the first time, but enjoy it less the second, it doesn't somehow make your first viewing less valid. This is maybe one of the reasons that simple lighthearted comedies get labeled as "shallow" even if, to me, they provide just as powerful an experience as a drama. Something can be disposable AND good. American Beauty: When my opinion is different from the majority opinion, I like to think about why. I think it's usually an interesting question. Granted, often it's a very difficult question, and so it's tempting to give up and say stuff like "enjoyment is subjective." But even attempting to answer it can help bring out truths about your experience. Now, maybe my explanation of why I said "meh" to a film that won tons of Oscars and has good critical standing is wrong. But even if it is, I don't feel bad for at least trying. Brave: I watched it in theaters cuz 3d (yeah call me unsophisticated). I think it is only "average" if you rate Cars and Cars 2 as so terrible that they bring down the entire average of Pixar's library. Besides Cars 1+2, I can't think of a Pixar film I liked less than Brave. Which is a really negative way of framing a reasonably enjoyable movie, heh. It's hard to pin down anything wrong about it, other than that it failed to fill me with a sense of wonder. Garcia should definitely watch it though. Bearsbearsbears.
The "shocking" metric doesn't work any better for Rent than it does for American Beauty. I mean, especially so because it's just a retelling of Les Miserables. Is Les Miserables somehow less popular or memorable today because people are less likely to die of tuberculosis? Obviously not. I still think it's just missing the point completely, these overt elements are pretty much completely irrelevant to the quality of the work in question. Rent is a love story that isn't really about aids at all, the same way American Beauty is... well, it's harder to describe what it actually is... but it's certainly not about marijuana, I'm sure about that part. I absolutely disagree. For several reasons, 1) It's a really old film, and I wasn't so interested in film back in the day. So I honestly believe part of why I originally thought it was okay was that I wasn't actually paying any attention. 2) There are a million simple lighthearted comedies that *actually hold up to repeated viewings*... Princess Bride, Dr. Strangelove, Spaceballs, Monty Python and the holy grail, Paper moon. There's no good reason to settle here. (Also... I've only seen it maybe 2.5 times at most...) I still think your opinion isn't that different, first of all. It is widely considered to have been somewhat overpraised when it first came out (and honestly the oscars are kind of a terrible metric anyway...). Also, I really don't think it is as difficult a question as people think it is. The general opinion of a film is usually based on the critical response, and the critical response is usually weighted against stuff that came out around the same time, not film history in general, so it's still not really a great ranking system down the line. And more importantly, you don't have to make up some fake target audience that doesn't include you to somehow clarify differing opinions... you mostly just need to ask someone and compare notes. For example, I think your "death of the American Dream" description is pretty spot-on (after you explained it... usually "the American Dream" means something slightly different to me). I think some of the other stuff you said is not even close to a good interpretation. Wikipedia shows the director has said the main theme of the film is "Imprisonment", which is pretty damn solid word for the movie. Taken in that light, the use of homosexuality and drugs aren't meant to be a reflection on american values or a means of shocking the audience at all. They were chosen merely because the social pressures on LGBT people and the problems of addiction can both entrap people in the exact same way that Spacey's character seems trapped in-between a boring job and a loveless marriage.
OK fair enough on Amelie. The clarification helps. THAT SAID. Let's say I agree with you on which lighthearted comedies are the most rewatchable (Strangelove is lighthearted?!?!?). And then I responded with a list of the most rewatchable dramas (Citizen Kane, Godfather, etc.) that we also happened to agree on. Would you rank their rewatchability as equal?
The humor was....meh. I can't think of any one moment or line i'd point out as hilarious, and the rest was just kinda okish humor, although i know i'm not a huge fan of most of the humor they were shooting for. A lot of it seemed confusing. Like am I supposed to be laughing at this and I'm just not the target audience, or is it trying to be deep? The life to the fullest thing was mostly what I meant by philosophy, and the coincidences refers to the fact that basically the older yakuza member(the non soccer player) doesn't know that the businessman he's sharking/hunting with his friend, is actually the business man who stole his girl years ago. Further that same yakuza's father is the guy who's been trapped in the whale. For so long. It's....interesting(and NOT expressly stated at all.) but just sorta....there. Like hey cool look everythings connected and choices matter and don't do things you'll regret and blah blah blah. It also felt REALLY odd, and probably purposely done, that the first half of the movie is basically schizophrenic in style and execution. Both plot and art is sorta hard to nail down. Then whale happens and it gets a lot more consistent except when they do the art/sex scenes which again shoot to a more stylized approach. Oddly enough if i had to compare it to any one other movie as for feel, it'd probably be Tron. NOT by any means the best movie ever, but unique and interesting enough to probably be worth seeing once. Even if it's in TOTALLY different ways. I can certainly say thought that I was pretty much bored through most of Mind Game, even though on some level it was interesting. Like being stuck in a class on a subject you enjoy but would rather take apart on your own time than be forced to sit through for 2 hours.
I'm always a little worried how many people think a movie with that many poop-jokes is trying to be deep.
My point was if you need to write screenplays, write screenplays. In order to do you'll implicitly do things all the above mentioned. For example you want to screenwrite... Ok, lets write a script or two. How do you do it? Let's look at some scripts... That doesn't look bad... Let me try. Oh, it sucks. Maybe I should read more. Yup, my scripts are better, but still. Let's look at other movies.. etc. All I am saying is analysis without synthesis is pointless. If you watch more movies than scripts you write then you are not preparing for screenwriting.
http://badassdigest.com/2012/04/08/film-crit-hulk-smash-hulk-vs-the-john-carter-script/ Good analysis of drama, and why it works the way it does. Also you could probably put this word for word on the LA Noire storytelling. http://filmcrithulk.wordpress.com/2...ter-proof-the-books-will-never-be-good-again/ Good stuff between TV series and a movie. http://badassdigest.com/2011/11/10/film-crit-hulk-smash-acting-101/ If you have any friends that are anal about actors. Also, difference between theater acting and movie acting.
Great articles! I wonder how Hulk would respond to Young Adult, for which the "error" he talks about in the John Carter piece is done completely on purpose. The audience spends a lot of time hating the Charleze Theron character, and then a Big Reveal puts the entire purpose of the film into context. By Hulk's model the film should fail to resonate with its audience. But RottenTomatoes, the same metric he used to condemn Carter, gives Young Adult 80%. So at first it would seem like a bug in his model. Part of the problem is that he is using the wrong metric. A better measure of whether a film resonates with "the audience" is the actual audience %. At 51%, Young Adult actually does WORSE than Carter (64%) by this measure. But there is something else going on here. Young Adult actually wants you to dislike the character; in Hulk's terms, our surrogate is basically every other character in the movie. Then, when the reveal happens, our dislike is used against us. The cliche is that the opposite of love is apathy, not hatred. And I think the idea applies here. I can recall many films in which a big reveal was used for the villain of the show, to excellent dramatic effect. And to a large extent, Theron's character IS the villain.
Bloody Sunday (not to be confused with Sunday, Bloody Sunday) This week was the week of fake coincidences. In my minireview of American Beauty, I mentioned it was similar to Revolutionary Road. Turns out they were both directed by the same guy: Sam Mendes. And yesterday, when I watched Bloody Sunday (a movie about the massacre of Irish protesters during a peaceful march), I remember thinking that the movie was similar in style to United 93 (about the plane hijacked on 9/11 that crashed into the ground). Turns out these two movies were directed by the same guy too (Paul Greengrass). The fact that United 93 exists at all makes Bloody Sunday somewhat more difficult to recommend. United 93 is a perfection of the style Greengrass used in Bloody Sunday, so if you haven't seen either, you should really go and watch United 93. However, I enjoyed both, with the caveat that Bloody Sunday failed the wife test (she was asleep at minute 30 or so). For those that haven't seen either, the movies' goal is "you are there." This means employing techniques that a lot of people find annoying, but that I have no automatic problem with: shaky cam, intentionally confusing editing, and grainy picture. Most films get you emotionally involved by having you resonate with the characters. But "you are there" is a way to shortcut that. If you actually think it is *you* that is getting shot at, or is in a crashing plane, then you automatically empathize with the people on the camera. You are one of them, after all! In both cases, the payoff is the devastating emotional punch that comes from watching a tragedy from the inside. They are also both somewhat historically informative, but Greengrass is happy to fill in the gaps where there isn't enough data (I'm OK with this!). In a sense, making the film about real life and not some fictional thing is just another technique to achieve "you are there." Bloody Sunday has some issues that United 93 doesn't have. When it cuts to a new scene, it fades out the sound and picture instead of just changing. Probably this was done to make the jumps from group to group less jarring, but the net effect is hugely negative. As a viewer, it gave me the impression that I was falling asleep and then abruptly waking up, which actually made things more disorienting. It also brought to my attention that I was watching a movie, which is of course the worst possible result for "you are there." Additionally, there is a fairly lengthy set up that comes before the actual march starts (which is why it failed the wife test). That said, when the guns start firing, it's still a harrowing experience. And unlike United 93 (which has no aftermath), some of the most poignant scenes actually happen after the shooting. One of the best scenes involves a debriefing with a conflicted soldier, who is asked whether he thinks the shootings were justified. The silent moments of hesitation are deafening. As such, they're both excellent films that hit you hard. It's just that United 93 is as a whole a superior film, and should be watched first (seriously though, watch them both!)
Anyone seen Spiderman? I'm hearing more negatives than positives through the rumor mill. Seems like it's unnecessarily dark (I mean, as opposed to spiderman comics often being humorous) and kind of a rote retelling of spiderman's origin to the point that nothing suprising ever happens. The trailers kind of looked good, but now I'm considering skipping it. Also curious if anyone's seen Margaret. Heard some really positive things, but it seems not easy to get ahold of. Not sure if I should just give up, or put it on my list of things to check up on once in a while. How can a film about fluoridized water as a russian brainwashing mechanism be anything but light-hearted? (To be honest, I got that list by pulling up imdb's top 100 comedies, and pulling off a random handful that I happen to like) For your actual question, though.... who cares? I think I've said a couple times before that I think overall rankings are mostly dumb and not useful. I'll gladly talk about the merits of one film, or compare two given films, but I think making a ranked list just drains all the nuance out. As for rewatchability specifically.... it's almost not something I care about. There's too many films out there, so there are only a few reasons I'd ever watch something more than twice, all other things being equal. Of course, things often aren't equal... I'll rewatch a film again to show it to someone who hasn't seen it... I'll rewatch a film because it's on TV and I'm feeling lazy... And a few films that I liked enough to own, I'll rewatch every once in a while because I'm travelling or the internet's out or something, and so why not. I don't really consider re-watchability to be a metric in and of itself, though. I mean, a film being good basically implies it's worth rewatching for some reason. How do you seperate those into distinct categories?
I thought Spiderman was pretty great, but I'm not familiar with Spiderman much at all (the first two Tobey Maguire movies + random saturday morning cartoons).
New spiderman had some problem but I thought it was a really great superhero movie. Much better than the toby trio.


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Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses
I've always wondered what prompts people to write memoirs. It's one thing to be a celebrity riding the wave of success, but quite another to be a regular Jane baring it all for the judgment of strangers. As a critic for publications as prestigious as The New York Times, Claire Dederer is no stranger to criticism; nor does she seem to fear it.
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Everyone knows about the tragic life of bombshell Marilyn Monroe, whose nickname "Miss Golden Dreams" would indicate nothing of how brief her existence would be. At thirty-six, the "orphan" with a mentally damaged mother and no father to call her own was found naked and dead in her Los Angeles home, apparently from suicide. With three divorces, several miscarriages, and plenty of roles depicting her as a dumb blonde, not even Monroe's celebrated curves, sapphire blue eyes, or perfectly heart-shaped face were enough to keep her smiling. No fame or money could save the starlet with the little girl voice from the many demons that haunted her.
Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics
Herding Donkeys is a tense 223-page documentation of the last eight years in American politics. In it, Ari Berman doesn't argue that the Democratic Party needs to change its ways so much as tell how it's been done. Finally.
Brittany: I'm one of those lit geeks who has long loved Jonathan Franzen. I read How To Be Alone on a solo trip to Japan when I was twenty, and it particularly spoke to me as an introverted writer. The better part of a decade later, I'm still so infatuated with that particular collection—though I've also read Franzen's three previous novels, memoir, numerous pieces in The New Yorker, and his longtime partner Kathryn Chetkovich's Granta essay "Envy" before it was so publicly associated with Franzen—that it was no stretch to know I'd like Freedom. I've also read a lot about Franzen's process as a writer, and frankly, it seems few people have the commitment to churn out the type of work he produces. That doesn't mean I think it's above critique; it's just that I admire his work ethic and generally, the end result.
Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses
In Poser, Claire Dederer takes on two of the most en vogue trends for young women in the early twenty-first century: yoga and attachment parenting. After a liberated childhood, having been raised in Seattle in the 1970s and 1980s by parents who embraced many of the hippie ideals of the 1960s, Dederer took those lessons of freedom to heart.
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade
Who was Sam Steward? Influential professor, ballet enthusiast, S/M practitioner, author of paperback pornos and serious novels, and tattoo artist are just a few of the roles he played in his life. Among his friends were many important cultural and literary figures of the time including Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Thorton Wilder, Ed Hardy, and Alfred Kinsey, yet he remains virtually unknown today.
Role Models
When you decide to read a memoir, do you do so to commune with the author–to get to know his inner secrets, what makes him tick? If that's the reason you usually shop the autobiography and memoir section of the bookstore, steer clear of controversial filmmaker (Hairspray, [Cecil B.
The Bradshaw Variations
In earlier times, a set of variations on a theme in classic art music was a chance for a composer to play around with a melody, try it on in various guises, and allow the audience to hear possibilities. Each variation was minute, an aural petit four to be savored briefly while one contemplated on the sweet yet temporal nature of life.
Ether: Seven Stories and a Novella
While opening Evgenia Citkowitz' collection of short stories, the spine creaked in an eerie way far too appropriate for the haunting words among the pages between.
A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster
Placing E.M. Forster's homosexuality at the core of his identity, Wendy Moffat's A Great Unrecorded History masterfully unlocks the rich history of the author's life. She gives readers extensive insight about Forster's sexual identity and the impact it had on his work.
Miguel Syjuco's Ilustrado is the novel made for re-reading. There are continual twists and turns and questions about the nature of fiction writing that immediately attune one to the constructed nature of the textual landscape.
The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America
If you assume, as I did, that yoga came to the United States via the Maharishi in the 1970s, you'll be surprised again and again as you read Stefanie Syman's The Subtle Body.
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (10th Anniversary Edition)
Ten years ago, my concept of feminism consisted of white lesbians with unshaven legs and armpits who hated men. Fast forward ten years later–past many existential crises, a couple of college degrees, and a hard drop from blissful ignorance–and my feminist tendencies have even leaked into my chivalrous desire to open the door for men.
Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness
This short but meaningful book is a smart combination of self-help, memoir, and academic study. Gore does not surmise a remedy for the blues, she does not use her life as an anecdote to overcome defeat or as a guiding light toward beatitude, nor does she use statistics and theory to expose her education.
Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love and Death in the Kitchen
My initial reaction after reading this book was to hurl it across the room and never see it again. Dramatic? A bit, yet justifiable. In an autobiographical narration, Jason Sheehan attempts to merge his experience as a cook with being a writer, but fails miserably. Cooking Dirty is not your average tale of a typical award-winning chef. There's no culinary school or classical training involved, just the lessons he learned from the School of Hard Knocks.
It's Beginning to Hurt
As the title of It's Beginning to Hurt suggests, one may expect this book to be a compilation of short stories filled with love, despair, loss, and anguish that reach into the profound depths of unimaginable hurt—and it is.
Yes, My Darling Daughter
"Such a pretty girl. Four years old; well loved by her young mother, Grace. But there's something...'off ' about the child." The above excerpt sets the scene for Margaret Leroy's Yes, My Darling Daughter. Margaret Leroy offers a novel that is so original and suspenseful it pulls you in from the first page. The story involves Grace, a single mother who works full-time at a London flower shop, and Sylvie, her four-year-old daughter.
Been Here a Thousand Years
Been Here a Thousand Years, Mariolina Venezia's novel that sweeps across Italy's history from 1861 to 1989, with certain ideas and images already floating in the periphery: Berlusconi's wife explaining the reasons for their divorce, my own memories of whistles and blatant gazes from men during a visit to Florence, high fashion seemingly making women into glorified clothes hangers.
Skunk Girl
Skunk Girl is Sheba Karim's first novel. It is told from the point of view of sixteen-year-old Nina Khan, self-described as "a Pakistani Muslim girl" and from a small white town in upstate New York. Although published in 2009, the story is set in approximately 1993. In a fast-paced, entertaining read, Nina narrates her life and drama as the only Pakistani and Muslim girl in her high school.
Epic in its proportions, 2666 is a modern day mystery novel more akin to James Joyce than anything on the shelves by John Grisham. The five sections that comprise the book are set around the world, yet the heart of the narratives remains bound to the fictional Mexican border town of Santa Teresa.
Letters From Black America
While it would help to appreciate and admire the historical importance of preserved letters, you don't have to be history buff or correspondence enthusiast to delight in Letters From Black America. In a time of quickly typed emails and SMS, tangible letters hold weight for many who value thoughtful, deliberate communication.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
What molding and stretching is required of a woman who chooses to better the quality of life of others over her own? Perhaps this type of self-sacrifice cannot be fathomed from the outside in. To be the devoted wife, the doting mother, the gracious hostess, the caring friend—where and when does she find the time to find herself? Within in her sharply defined world, Pippa Lee is everything to everyone who matters to her—to Herb, her husband thirty years her senior and a prominent publisher; to her grown children, twins; and to a small circle of friends, New York writers and artists.
To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed
Two a.m. When you are young, this is the time that bars close, new love springs unbidden in doorways, and entire dramas are played out in the time it takes a traffic light to change. When you are older, with marriage and children under your belt, it is the hour at which a ringing phone wakes you in terror, not annoyance; when a voice in the darkness signals illness, not invitation; when awakening in a strangely empty bed, one will know that something has gone awfully wrong with the person whose warmth still lingers in the covers.
Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
An international bestseller when it was first published over a decade ago, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has recently been re-released with a new appendix consisting of a short set of thematic and plot-related questions. Gaarder's novel, brilliant in its philosophical scope and concision, narrates the intellectual maturation of its protagonist, Sophie Amundsen, a fourteen-year-old girl living in Norway. The novel is comprised of brief synopses of major philosophical theories and figures, from classical myth to twentieth century existentialism, from Socrates to Beauvoir.
Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics
In Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, Jennifer Baumgardner, co-author of third wave bestsellers Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future and _[Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374528659?ie=UTF8&tag=feminrevie-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=03745286
The Year of Endless Sorrows
I loved this book. And that is all the more impressive because I wasn't expecting to. Adam Rapp is an accomplished playwright with a growing reputation. But playwrights do not always make good novelists. However, The Year of Endless Sorrows demonstrates that he is just as formidable as a novelist as he is a playwright. This is a novel that should be read. A thinly disguised autobiography, The Year of Endless Sorrows tells the tale of a young man who comes to New York City in the early 1990s to become a writer.
Fierce Attachments: A Memoir
Few books are so gripping that they change your perception of the world around you. Even fewer books make you see your intimate relationships in a whole new light. Because of its bold, honest insights about mothers, daughters and the growing up/growing away process, _Fierce Attachments _made me re-examine my relationship with my own mother.

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Lambert's 'GMA' Gig Nixed After Racy AMA Performance
ABC now claims they were "concerned" that Lambert's sex-heavy number isn't appropriate "so early in the morning."
Lambert's ultra-risque performance drew the ire of many viewers, as ABC announced yesterday they received thousands of complaints following the number. On the West Coast, Lambert's performance was censored because it was so explicit.
Responding to the 'GMA' cancellation, Lambert told Ryan Seacrest "I respect their decision - they gotta do what they gotta do ... It's too bad - I think there were a lot of fans whowere excited to come see me," adding that ABC "probably had a lot of pressure coming at them from certain people who weren't happy about it."
During his performance of his song 'For Your Entertainment,' Lambert -- complete with bondage-styled dancers and band members -- made many squirm thanks to dancers on leashes, and thrusting the face of a male dancer into his crotch several times. He later went on to passionately kiss his keyboardist for several seconds, and gave the crowd/camera the finger in the closing moments.
Lambert, who is openly gay, responded to the controversy, telling Access Hollywood that he's "not an artist that does things for every single person," likening the censoring of his performance to "discrimination."
"If it's edited, that's discrimination. I will be a little disappointed because there is a little bit of discrimination going in this country. There's a big double standard, female pop artists have been doing things provocative like that for years, and the fact that I'm a male, and I'll be edited and discriminated against could be a problem," he said.
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- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy JVHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Britney, Madonna, and Xtina's kisses were on the MTV Music Awards.. not giving them an excuse, but it's more expected on a channel like that. There was backlash for that too. Britney didn't perform on the AMA's like that (unless I'm mistaken) .. on ABC for any family to be watching together. I don't want to hear how "it was too late for kids to be up anyway.." Maybe the kids were up because they don't have school this week for Thanksgiving, or because their parents were allowing it for this one time, so they could see their favorite American Idol perform for the first time since AI.
I think it was HORRIBLE. Bad singing, bad song, bad performance. - Tuesday 24 NovemberLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Your dead wrong Wendell your a prude that is out of touch and doesn't know what your talking about. Your a loser that needs to get a life.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy EHKHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
No discrimination if you didn't like Britney, Janet, Prince at his worst and the others which I don't. This guy has an amazing voice - let's hear that! I just listened to his album - overdubbed technopop and then this performance! How disappointing! I thought with Adam we'd get something new and instead we get a Boy George re-run crossed with Madonna's 80s act.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy ShannenLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Thank god..this is exactly what I was thinking...there have been so many performers that are much more pervertive and crase than Adam was and is. Madonna is an american icon and look how she performs...totally accepted!! Adam you are amazing!! You are truly a great artist..keep doing what you are doing...I am your number 1 fan!!
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy coriHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
None of the things you mentioned were "OK" and people did object and lets not forget te broohaha over janet jackson.
The point is that at some point we must say enough is enough. Children were watching the ama's and I for one would not want my grandkids viewing that and thinking HEY that's OK... and the sad thing is I like Adam....when Adam is SINGING - Tuesday 24 NovemberBy KimHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
NO - actually it is NOT a double standard. I would not have cared if Adam kissed another guy -- who cares? It has nothing to do with being gay -- I support gay people and their rights. However, NOBODY should grab another person's crotch or shove someone's face in their crotch on a family show. (STRAIGHT OR GAY) Other people who have done it(tho I cannot think of any who have) have gotten flack for it. Save it for the concerts -- not a family channel. Your talk of double standards is a flimsy excuse. Get real.
- Wednesday 25 NovemberBy RJ
I disagree, Janet was being just as provocative and Eminem yelled incredibly provocative lyrics about licking the cheese of his balls and raping people. Huge double standard.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy EllaHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
The American Music Awards was a freak show, besides Adam Lambert disgusting performance, and don't forget Lady Gaga performance it was distrubing, breaking glass on the piano. The show was nothing but a lot of noise, screaming and rolling on the floor. ABC should be ashamed by airing that freak show.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy LindaHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I agree. There was very little about the show I liked. I only watched it to see Adam, and then was disgusted and disappointed. His talent has taken a back seat to his desire to flaunt shocking sexuality. I like many of the singers that were on AMA show, but not that night.
Such a shame. I was wild about Adam's Idol performances. I feel like I owe Kris Allen an apology for saying he shouldnt have won! - Tuesday 24 NovemberBy JoAnnHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I agree but Daughtry and Keith Urban were great and respected..so don't say everyone was bad,and Alicia Keys was good..alone...other than that it was bad and how did Michael Jackson get an award with no songs in many years.........it was awful...there were other deserving people...
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy digitales808Lowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
OMG it is almost 2010 and people still have that way of thinking like its the 90's....i guess people never grow and accept that we live in a total different society and world now. I applaud him for his performance....i don't see no difference Adam Lambert expressing himself today, as David Bowie and PRINCE and Madonna did back then......oh well he lost fans, and gain fans at the same time. Double Standard America ...when is it going to end??
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy ladybri77Highest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
It's so sad, he has so much talent and to stoop this low really cheapens him and the whole AMA. I think he thinks he has to shock people for some kind of negative attention. So sad, I'm praying for him.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy Chevella454Highest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy alvinHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Sorry but the music world of today really has no talent. All it is is sex appeal, and pelvic thrusting.Most of their voices are synthesized as well. You want talent? Look to the past.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy nicolopuloHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
ABC fianlly wised up and realized that people don't really want to see crude and discusting acts. He and other no talent acts should be cancelled!
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy RoseHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I heard that he will be on CBS instead. I think they are wrong and I hope that people will let them know that the majority of decent people do not condone his actions.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy JC
I wrote to CBS about this pervert and told them that decent people do not want to see him and he shouldn't get another chance to air his filth. I hope that others will follow.
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy pinataLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Let's blend ellen and adam to get a straight normal guy...these mentally sick people shoudn't have any attention at all!!!
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy JoAnnHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
don't put Ellen in the same catagory as Adam,not saying that I approve of her life style but Ellen is a good human being and would never in a million years pull something so disrespectful.........get off Ellen...Adam is a disgrace
- Tuesday 24 NovemberBy joshaiLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Screw you.
You have no idea what it's like, how dare you judge other people. You're a hateful, hurtful person.
And JoAnn, I don't think Ellen or anyone else cares if you "approve of her/their" lifestyle.
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New York City-based Handybook, a startup that enables quick household service provider bookings, today announced that prominent angel investor and TechStars NYC co-founder David Tisch has participated in its recent $2 million+ seed financing round.
Tisch has worked with over 50 startups over the years through the BoxGroup fund, including the likes of GroupMe, Fab.com and Boxee.
General Catalyst and Highland Capital Partners have also invested in Handybook.
By negotiating a price and presenting service providers' availability directly on its website, the fledgling company says it eliminates the challenge of searching for and booking a household service provider.
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Karuna, R; von Eckardstein, A; Rentsch, K M (2009). Dopant assisted-atmospheric pressure photoionization (DA-APPI) liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for the quantification of 27-hydroxycholesterol in plasma. Journal of Chromatography B, 877(3):261-268.
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27-Hydroxycholesterol (27OH-Chol) is of potential diagnostic interest due to its role in maintaining whole-body cholesterol homeostasis. Dopant assisted-atmospheric pressure photoionization (DA-APPI) has improved the sensitivity of 27OH-Chol analysis, in comparison to the published LC-APCI-MS method, allowing quantification from a very low amount of sample (<or=50 microL plasma). The method was validated for quantification from 50 microL and 15 microL plasma, with the limit of quantification (LOQ) of 10 ng/mL and 40 ng/mL plasma, respectively. A further advantage is that no prior derivatization was needed, unlike the LC-ESI-MS or the standard GC-MS method. The method validation also resulted in good linearity and recovery of 91-106%. The within-day and between-day coefficient of variation were less than 15% while giving the accuracy of 90.9-113.4%. This report summarizes the effects of some critical parameters on the ionization of 27OH-Chol using APPI, as well as the validation of the method. The sensitivity achieved with DA-APPI broadens the usefulness of the LC-MS method in clinical applications.
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Language: | English |
Date: | 2009 |
Deposited On: | 30 Nov 2009 15:31 |
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Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.jchromb.2008.12.033 |
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Guard Captain Cragtar stands in the middle of the town by the bonfire watching over the 4 injured grunts.
Guard Captain Cragtar says: So there we were - me and the battalion, doing a routine recon down the bone road. We'd sent the scout up ahead to look around in case anything dangerous come up.
Guard Captain Cragtar says: Sure enough, scout came runnin' back, talkin' bout some orcs down the path. They hadn't seen us yet so we figured we'd go get acquainted.
Injured Thrallmar Grunt says: What kinda orcs , chief?
Guard Captain Cragtar says: Big red suckers! Bigger than any orc I'd ever seen. Muscles out to here, tusks out to here...
Injured Thrallmar Grunt says: You mean...
Guard Captain Cragtar nods.
Guard Captain Cragtar says: Fel orcs...
Injured Thrallmar Grunt says: But how, chief? I thought the curse was lifted...
Guard Captain Cragtar says: I dunno, grunt. I just - don't - know...
Guard Captain Cragtar says: But that's not the worst of it. Before I could pull us back, a group of 'em spotted us and attacked.
Guard Captain Cragtar says: Lost some of my best soldiers that day...


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Biologists used a research permit this spring to put large floating traps below the dam to catch and brand sea lions for identification.
Now, any sea lion that hauls itself out of the river and onto the trap's platform is checked against a list of 78 California sea lions meeting three criteria for removal. The criteria includes being observed eating salmon or steelhead below Bonneville between Jan. 1 and May 31 of any year; being observed below Bonneville for a total of five days between Jan. 1 and May 31 of any year; and, being observed below the dam after having been hazed.
In the traps early Monday was a Steller sea lion, which cannot be removed, and three California sea lions, said Rick Hargrave, an ODFW spokesman. One of the California sea lions had no brands and the two others had not met the 5-day criteria. Biologists branded the one sea lion and then trucked the other two to Astoria and returned them to the Columbia River.If a trapped California sea lion meets removal criteria, the states have to hold the animal for 48 hours to see if an aquarium or zoo is interested in taking it. Ten sea lions went to aquariums or zoos in 2008 and 2009, but none last year. The states have euthanized 27 animals, including 14 in 2010.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer observers have counted 50 California sea lions this year, the fewest since 2003. In a weekly report issued Friday, Corps biologist Robert Stansell said the number of salmon killed by California sea lions this year "is going to be much lower than the last few years."
Two sea lions have been observed just above Bonneville, Stansell said, and the states plan to put a trap up there. For the first time, NOAA's authorization includes permission to remove California sea lions above the dam.
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Report: Lariam affects Aussie troops
Lariam is the most effective anti-malarial drug known and has been used by thousands of Peace Corps Volunteers over the past ten years. However, the drug's potential side effects are rarely reported and include agitation, depression and aggression.
Report: Lariam affects Aussie troops
Report: Lariam affects Aussie troops
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- In a virtual replay of a controversy in the United States, Australian soldiers claim they suffered serious mental problems after taking an anti-malaria drug.
The drug, mefloquine, goes by the brand name Lariam. It was prescribed to hundreds of Australian soldiers in East Timor to fight a deadly strain of malaria.
"Dozens of soldiers came home from East Timor hearing voices and suffering from paranoia and suicidal tendencies," Paul Dyer of The Sunday Mail, an Australian newspaper, wrote earlier this month. Many have left the military, said Dyer, and there have been reports that some have committed suicide.
A number of U.S. soldiers who took Lariam in Iraq and Afghanistan reported disabling mental problems, but the Pentagon denies the drug caused severe or widespread side effects. U.S. officials attribute such problems to post-traumatic stress disorder or pre-existing mental illness.
United Press International reported in 2002 that evidence suggested Lariam caused severe mental problems and, in some cases, led to suicide.
The Food and Drug Administration subsequently warned the drug had been linked to reports of suicide and severe side effects, and ordered that everyone prescribed Lariam be told in writing about those possibilities.
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Certainly the problem was Devo was a rock band, and no rock band ever really did anything serious besides the Beatles (and James Brown and Elvis); probably more the problem was that Devo was completely unique on every level, which blew out too many industry circuit breakers; probably worse was the concept of de-evolution itself—they got it from a comic book? And some bullshit quack tract about cannibal monkeys? So we're going to wake up one morning and be cavemen? Too weird. Look in the mirror, crumple your brow, wipe a certain light from your eye: trash sci-fi. In some ways, maybe people were distracted by that: Did de-evolution mean people are getting stupider? Sure, they're stupider. Got it—next novelty band, please.
But that's too narrow, and de-evolution is decay, entropy, things falling apart, which they do—that's nature, from the cave to the moon to the cave. Just a cycle, a lifespan magnified, except this one is the one big human cycle, and there won't be another. Which is the sad part, the part man was not meant to know—the tyranny of the finite, you could say. Per maverick almost-Nobel winner Fred Hoyle, back in 1964: "It has often been said that if the human species fails to make a go of it here on Earth, some other species will take over the running. In the sense of developing high intelligence, this is not correct. With coal gone, oil gone, high-grade metallic ores gone, no species, however competent, can make the long climb from primitive conditions to high-level technology. This is a one-shot affair. If we fail, this planetary system fails so far as intelligence is concerned. The same will be true of other planetary systems. On each of them, there will be one chance, and one chance only."
One chance: the way so many things work. Devo had theirs, and they did great, better than probably any band of their generation except the Ramones, and with better music: more ambitious and serious and effective than probably anyone from 1978 to 1984. But like the guy says: fuck rock & roll, I'd rather read a book. Mark Mothersbaugh Malthus, you missed your socio-literary calling, and how do you feel now? Maybe like you did then: "The war is over. Stop fighting." In some ways, the joke still stands: a new wave band whose Cassandra shtick was fulfilled and more within their own lifetimes (Casale told CNN he never thought he'd see the end of democracy in the U.S.; hyperbole, but ouch anyway . . . ) and who retire now to the world they unfortunately discovered. Devo was the greatest and, above that, the most right American new wave band—as they grudgingly brought up when DutyNowbegan getting bad reviews, the only people doing something "new" in new wave. But the real point is Devo figured it out first, and no one listened. A little scene from New York, as a random upstanding American finds our spud boys in costume, loading out the van for a show.
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Dr. Saroja Ramanujam teaches Sanskrit through skype
There is no age limit for learning. And it has proved again and again. The latest is Dr. Saroja Ramanujam (76).
During her childhood, Dr. Saroja studied Sanskrit as her second language. Though she loved the subject, she never imagined that the language would mean so much to her. Dr. Saroja is a graduate in mathematics, with a diploma in statistics and a post graduate in economics. She is a gold medallist in Sanskrit as her second language, from the University of Madras.
She worked as a statistician in Indian Oil Corporation for some time after which she got married. She dedicated entire time to her family during her early years. While her family was in London, she also learnt the basics of German, Spanish and French. Her family moved to India in the 90's and she joined Vidya Mandir, Mylapore, on request where she taught English, statistics and music, for eight years.
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As the deepest of passion never dies, but lies within, Saroja decided to pursue her passion for Sanskrit.
Post her retirement, she began pursuing a 'Siromani' in Sanskrit. Meanwhile, she finished M.A. in Indian Philosophy at the Madras University. She completed Ph.D. in Sanskrit Philosophy and Siromani in Sanskrit, simultaneously, thus becoming, Siromani Dr. Saroja.
Her husband, Ramanujam, gave her a lot of support and encouragement, and even took care of the household chores, while she studied. She has a son, who is a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics, and a post doctorate from Paris. He is now a visiting scientist at NCRA, Pune. "I call my husband a "doctor-maker" as he has two doctors to his credit," says Dr. Saroja.
Technology is a boon, realised Dr. Saroja, and began releasing e-books for the benefit of all.
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Her students have brought out her compilations and translations as a book, which was released in January. "The idea of releasing a book of Dr. Saroja's compilation dawned on Usha Srinivasan, one of Saroja's students, who resides in Singapore. Usha's sister, Nalini Kalyanaraman, ably helped her to get the book printed in a short period of time.
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The tool I'm talking about is Microsoft's Virtual Earth (you could use Google Earth too, but – surprise! – I prefer the MS version). Virtual Earth is software you download on your computer, which lets you view locations in 3D. I use it in conjunction with Live Maps (just pull up a map and then click on 3D – you will be prompted to download).
This is not a replacement for actual investigation, but merely a complement. I use this most frequently when reading police reports, to give myself a preliminary sense of the location and to orient myself with the streets and places mentioned in the report.
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Woman Owned Business
Currently Contracted Stationery Vendor (Business Cards, Envelopes, Letterhead, etc.) |
Real Access 12956 Old Plain Road Fairfax, VA 22033 Phone: 703-620-5390 Fax: 703-817-0970 |
Minority Owned Business Accept MasterCard CLC Licensed |
Scientific / Lab Supplies / Medical |
Colonial Scientific 8439 Glazebrook Drive Richmond, VA 23228 Phone: 804-553-0244 Fax: 804-553-0272 |
Small Business Accepts MasterCard |
Thomas Scientific PO Box 99 Swedesboro, NJ 08085 Phone: 800-345-2100 Ext 6315 Fax: 856-467-3087 |
Small Business Accepts MasterCard, but not through electronic ordering. |
Virginia Lab Supply P.O. Box 9870 Richmond, VA 23228 Phone: 804-261-3700 Fax: 804-261-0418 |
Woman Owned Business Accepts MasterCard |


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Order must total $75 after discounts and not including customization. Excludes team orders, items with extra freight & shipping outside the contiguous US. Not valid on previous purchases. Expedited shipping additional. Expires 7/01/15 at 11:59 PM ET.
Features patented Gripper Pro pocket, radical sidewall for improved ball control and pocket shape. Lower sidewall. Recessed lace channel for improved durability. Traditional offset design. Maximum ball stop height. Recessed sidewall stringing holes aids pocket swivel.
Meets USL specifications.